Queensland Law Society president Christine Smyth says they are concerned with the wording which removes the sexual advance defense, other than in exceptional circumstances.
The homosexual advance defense, has been used by people accused of murder to claim they were provoked by an unwanted sexual advance.
Queensland and South Australia are the only states to still have the partial defense of sexual provocation against murder. Photo:Alejandro Linares Garcia/WikicommonsIpswich local recieves top award.
A local campaigner who champions children’s education, domestic violence awareness and the environment will be recognised with the town’s top award.
Louise Manning was confirmed as the city’s Citizen of the Year and will be presented with the award on Australia Day.
Ms Manning said the win is an honour and hopes her title will inspire others to get up and fight for what they are passionate about.
Indigenous communities struggling with suicide receive funding boost
The Federal Government will begin to roll out a funding boost of $10 million dollars to community-based support services across Australia in an effort to prevent indigenous suicides.
The Critical Response Service led by Adele Cox a Bunuba and Gija woman from Western Australia says many families and communities are not being provided with the right sort of support with regard to response times as soon as a suicide or a traumatic incident occurred.
Members of the CRS team reach out to families affected by suicide and coordinate existing support services to ensure they are delivered in a culturally appropriate way
Young Indigenous people take their own lives at five times the rate of other Australians, and in 2014 suicide was the fifth-leading cause of death for Indigenous people. New system will replace passports with fingerprints and facial recognition. A new self-processing system will replace passports with fingerprints and facial recognition at Australian airports, which will mean many travellers will not need their passports when entering or leaving Australia. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said the aim was for more than 90 per cent of passengers to avoid manual processing and boost security at the nation's borders by making it easier to detect threats. The $78 million system will use fingerprints, iris or facial structure recognition at major air and sea ports. Israel turns to Trump to support ilegal East Jerusalem settlements.Israel has approved hundreds of new settlement homes in East Jerusalem with an Israeli official saying the city's council had been waiting for US President Donald Trump to take office.
The Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Meir Turgeman says he was told to wait until Trump takes office because he has no problem with building in Jerusalem.
While hundreds more units are awaiting approval, Israel's right wing expects Mr Trump's attitude towards settlements built in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to be far more supportive than that of his predecessor.
Greek court to decide on fate of eight Turkish soldiers.
Greece’s Supreme Court will decide the fete of eight Turkish military officers who fled their country a day after last years failed coup.
The judgement, to take place on Monday, has strained relations between the two countries, with one Turkish official telling the Guardian, "Everyone is watching very closely."
As a member of the EU, Greece cannot extradite people to a country where they will not be able to face fair trial.
Currently, Greece relies on Turkey to stem the tide of asylum seekers to her shores and both countries are in talks to unify Cyprus.